The conversation about the world’s biggest challenges no longer belongs to a small set of voices — it is a global conversation with an increasingly online pulse. As the world’s leaders convene in New York, the UN Week Digital Media Lounge offers a dedicated venue that is completely wired and accessible to today’s top online voices and up-and-coming bloggers. The Lounge brings the conversations from this historic UN Summit out of the halls of the UN and into 92nd Street Y — where digital media will deliver it to the world.

A comprehensive agenda will give bloggers the chance to interact with thought leaders on the most important global issues. Confirmed briefings include experts such as Samuel Kargbo, Department of Health, Sierra Leone; Martha Kwataine, Executive Director, Malawi Health Equity Network; and Steve Cockburn of EndWater Poverty. We will also announce the participation of high-level government officials, UN Goodwill Ambassadors and celebrity advocates shortly. This is truly a unique program bringing the best of UN week to the leading voices in the digital world.

AGENDA

Date: Tuesday, September 20 - Friday, September 24th, 2010Time: 11:00 am – 5:00 p.m. ETLocation: 92nd Street Y, New York CityTickets: There are no tickets being sold for this event. The Lounge is open to bloggers or journalists who are looking for an innovative way to cover the events of UN Week and the Summit on the Millennium Development Goals. Accreditation is necessary (http://mash.to/2hRQL).

* Schedule is subject to change *

Available all day everyday:

Fully wired environment.

Comfortable place to think, write, and report.

Light refreshments.

Company of interesting people who want to change the world AND are doingsomething about it!

TUESDAY September 21st

9:00 AMLOUNGE OPENS

9:30-10:00 AM - Oxfam’s “breakfast with the world”Live via Skype, Oxfam brings us experts from around the globe to discuss the reality of issues on the ground. Get answers for your community from people who live and know the situation firsthand.

10:30-11:30 AM - UN Goodwill Ambassadors Launch the Digital Media Lounge!Join us as we kick off the UN Week Digital Media Lounge with celebrity Craig David, as heshares his experience as a UN Goodwill Ambassador against tuberculosis. He brings with him a TB/HIV patient to share her story alongside the number one academic authority on TB.

Craig David, Musician and UN Goodwill Ambassador

Lucy Chesire, TB/HIV patient and activist from Kenya

Lee Reichman, leading international academic authority on TB

12:00-12:30 PM - ICT4D: innovation & the Millennium Development GoalsNew technologies are tackling old challenges. Innovative information and communicationtechnologies are accelerating progress toward meeting the MDGs. Join this discussion with ICT for development experts as they look at who is pushing the innovation envelope, and how humanitarian agencies are using these tools around the world. This session is part of the UN Foundation & Vodafone Foundation Technology Salon series.

1:00-2:00 PM - Disaster relief 2.0: collaborative technologies & the future of aidIn humanitarian crises, information-sharing and coordination among relief agencies is essential. But what about communications between aid groups and individuals? From Haiti to Pakistan, collaborative technologies are enabling survivors and concerned citizens alike to become important sources of information. Join innovation experts to discuss how new citizen-centered technologies are shaping the future of disaster relief.

2:00-2:30 PM - Getting the goals back on track: health, hunger, water, & nutritionTalk with an extraordinary group of experts from Sierra Leone, Malawi, and Senegal as they share their experiences and discuss how health, nutrition, water, and sanitation are inherently interconnected and need to be addressed as one.

Martha Kwataine, Executive Director, Malawi Health Equity Network.

Samuel Kargbo, Department of Health, Sierra Leone

Mariame Dem, West Africa Head, WaterAid

Steve Cockburn, Int’l Campaign Coordinator, End Water Poverty

3:00-3:30 PM - Reel impact: the power of film to change livesHow is film helping us tell the stories of people suffering around the world from major issues like war, disaster, disease, and more? In this special briefing, filmmakers showcase how this storytelling tool provides a way to reach thousands of people, overcome literacy boundaries, bring forth information, and inspire hope where it is lacking.

Caroline Baron, Founder, FilmAid

Lisa Russell, Filmmaker and CoFounder of www.MDGFive.com

4:00 – 4:30 PM - A movement to end malaria deathsMalaria is a leading killer of children in Africa, with roughly 500 million cases reportedworldwide each year. From the first-ever live Facebook event to the “Buzz Tour” seen around the nation, learn how Nothing But Nets (www.nothingbutnets.net) partners and founders are leading a global grassroots movement to end malaria deaths by 2015.

5:00–5:30 PM - Global perspectives: technology today, technology tomorrowNGO leaders from around the world offer their on-the-ground perspective on what technology has done to date and what they need next for the communities they serve. A panel of the very best international professionals offers on-the-ground insight and analysis.

Alison Gardy, Director of International Relations, 92Y

6:00 PM - LOUNGE CLOSES

WEDNESDAY September 22nd

9:00 AM - LOUNGE OPENS

9:30-10:00 AM - Oxfam’s “breakfast with the world”Live via Skype, Oxfam brings us experts from around the globe to discuss the reality of issues on the ground. Get answers for your community from people who live and know the situation firsthand.

10:30-11:00 AM - The Media Map Project: Media’s Impact on DevelopmentWhile there is general agreement about the importance of free and independent media indeveloping countries, the media is an often overlooked and under-invested sector with great potential to scale up improvements across all development goals. Internews, The World Bank and The Brookings Institute are collaborating to bridge the gap in current research by analyzing empirical correlations in the data on media and development. Funded by the Gates Foundation, The Media Map Project aims to answer the questions: What does the evidence say about media's role in development? And what are the most effective ways to strengthen media?

12:00-12:30 PM - Philanthropy goes viral: what girls can teach womenModerated by the CEO of Vivanista – the go-to site for women bridging social and impact discuss how girls worldwide are embracing social media to drive social change.

Helene Gayle, President & CEO, CARE USA

Kimberly Perry, Director, Girl Up

Layne Gray, CEO of Vivanista

1:00-2:00 PM - KEYNOTE SESSION: Saving 16 million lives - the Global Strategy for Women's and Children's HealthTo set the context for the UN’s groundbreaking new strategy - to be launched by the Secretary General directly following this briefing - a panel of leaders take on the big issues and challenges faced by women and children worldwide.

Tamara Krenin, Executive Direction, Women & Population, UN Foundation

Sue Mbaya, Director of Advocacy & Justice for Children in Africa, World Vision

2:30-4:00 PM - LIVE BROADCAST: Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon Special Event “Every Woman, Every Child.”Watch the UN Secretary General’s special launch live on the 92Y’s state of the art big screen.

4:30-5:00 PM - Live in the lounge: music, media, & activismClosing out the day, a group of world-famous musicians and social activists team up to discuss the power of music, social media, and some-good-old-fashion adventure to change lives!

Lupe Fiasco, Artist, Musician, and Global Do-Gooder

Simon Isaacs, VP Sustainability Marketing, ignition

Azita Ardakani, Founder and Chief Idea Officer, Lovesocial

6:00 PM - LOUNGE CLOSES

THURSDAY, September 23rd

9:00 AM - LOUNGE OPENS

9:30-10:00 AM - Oxfam’s “breakfast with the world”Live via Skype, Oxfam brings us experts from around the globe to discuss the reality of issues on the ground. Get answers for your community from people who live and know the situation firsthand.

11:00-12:00 PM -Live big-screen broadcast of President Obama and Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s opening General Assembly remarksTwo of the biggest speeches of UN Week. Watch these remarks live on the big screen with state of the art sound system! Sit back and blog.

1:00-2:00 PM - SPECIAL CNN ANNOUNCEMENT!“CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute” launched in 2007 to spotlight everyday people who are changing the world. Entering its fourth year, the Top 10 CNN Heroes will be revealed at 1 p.m. ET, the Top 10 CNN Heroes will be revealed at 1 p.m. ET on CNN.com, with a special presentation from the CNN senior executive producer Kelly Flynn, live from the UN Week’s Digital Media Lounge at the 92nd Street Y.

2:00-4:00 PM - Sessions TBCBe prepared to continue the conversation with exclusive briefings in the lounge area fromexperts, UN officials, and more.

4:00-4:30 PM - EXCLUSIVE! Link TV “ViewChange” Film Contest Finalists premiered!Link TV, with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, presents exclusive access to videos making the final cut in View Change’s Film Contest. Entries from around the globe tell powerful stories, showcasing how the world is moving one step closer to achieving the MDGs. Meet some finalists & see some great short films.

9:30-10:00 AM - Oxfam’s “breakfast with the world”Live via Skype, Oxfam brings us experts from around the globe to discuss the reality of issues on the ground. Get answers for your community from people who live and know the situation firsthand.

11:00–12:00 PM - Changing the world: one online mother at a timeWomen and children have been the biggest topic of discussion during UN Week, so what do mothers themselves think? Hear from renowned mommy bloggers on how mothers are reaching across boundaries, around the world to spread the word about our biggest global issues.

Chrysula Winegar, Work Life Balance

Emily Kahn, The Motherhood

12:00-12:30 PM - Wrap-up with The Economist: UN Week report cardWrapping up the Digital Media Lounge, US Business Editor and World Economic ForumYoung Leader Matthew Bishop, hosts a panel of leaders each offering their assessment of how much was really achieved in UN Week 2010.

1:00-2:00 PM - Beyond Oil: Blueprint for an Energy RevolutionThe oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is the worst environmental disaster in US history, with long-term impacts we've yet to understand. One thing is clear: we need to stop investing in a broken energy economy and kick start a clean energy revolution. In this briefing we'll hear from Greenpeace experts at the front lines of the campaign for a clean and safe future.

Kert Davies, Greenpeace USA Research Director (live via Video Skype on board the Arctic Sunrise in the Gulf of Mexico)

Jo Billups, longtime Gulf resident from Lillian, Alabama

Sven Teske, scientist and lead author of the Energy [R]evolution report

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